Kunshan Cross-Straits Mid-Autumn Lantern Show opens in September


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Updated: 2013-06-19

Kunshan Cross-Straits Mid-Autumn Lantern Show opens in September

Director of the Kunshan tourism administration is interviewed

A press conference for the Cross-Straits Mid-Autumn Lantern Show Kunshan 2013 was held at Kunshan Junhao Hotel on June 18. More than 30 media attended the press conference. Dong Jianguo, director of the Kunshan tourism administration, briefed reporters about the preparation for the lantern show when he met the press and invited global tourists to the lantern show.

Kunshan Lantern Show 2013 will open at Kunshan Time Park and Huijiu Temple Square at the same time during Mid-Autumn Festival on September 17. Yan An, deputy director of the Kunshan publicity department, hosted the press conference. Yao Weihong, director for the department of culture, introduced the preparation situation for the lantern show.

The lantern show is aimed at strengthening collaboration between Kunshan and Taiwan in trade, culture and tourism.

This lantern festival has many features. It is high profile and at the frontier of cross-Straits communication. It integrates traditional culture and promotes tourism. It features all kinds of people as participants. Now, the opening of the lantern show has entered the countdown stage.

 

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